“I’m nonplussed”, he says
and I turn my head
stopped at the light
on my way to Brewer’s Outlet

The light turns
and so I only catch
their faces, not laughs
that must have followed

It still happens
once in a while
you pick up a word
and wield it triumphantly

 
Mark Danowsky’s poetry has appeared in About Place

, Beechwood Review, Cordite, Elohi Gadugi

, Grey Sparrow, Mobius, Right Hand Pointing, Shot Glass Journal, Third Wednesday and elsewhere. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Mark currently resides in North-Central West Virginia. He works for a private detective agency and is Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.